Methods for providing data from a first computer equipment to a computer equipment adapted to manage the data

Abstract

A method for providing data from a first computer equipment to a computer equipment adapted to manage the data is provided. The method includes providing one or more digital wallets, wherein each digital wallet comprises data related to a subject to be authorized to access the computer equipment adapted to manage the data, selecting a digital wallet among the provided digital wallets, selecting data related to the subject, from the selected digital wallet, based on a service provider associated to the computer equipment adapted to manage the data and providing the selected data related to the subject to the computer equipment adapted to manage the data. Computer equipment and computer programs suitable for performing such methods are also provided. Methods for managing data sent from a first computer equipment are also provided.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for providing data from a first computer equipment to a computer equipment adapted to manage the data, the method comprising:
 providing one or more digital wallets, wherein each digital wallet comprises data related to a subject to be authorized to access the computer equipment adapted to manage the data;   selecting a digital wallet among the provided digital wallets;   selecting data related to the subject, from the selected digital wallet, based on a service provider associated to the computer equipment adapted to manage the data;   providing the selected data related to the subject to the computer equipment adapted to manage the data.   
     
     
         2 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the data related to the subject comprise one or more of the following:
 a first biometric mathematical representation of the subject, specifically a first vector representing biometric feature of the subject;   subject identifier data;   identification data related to the subject; and/or   usage right data.   
     
     
         3 . A method according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 assigning a time to the data related to the subject after which the data related to the subject is to be deleted.   
     
     
         4 . A method according to  claim 2 , further comprising after providing one or more digital wallets:
 receiving a request, by the first computer equipment, in which the subject requests to be authorized to access the computer equipment adapted to manage the data, wherein the request includes subject identifier data related to the subject which is to be authorized to access the computer equipment adapted to manage the data;   comparing the received subject identifier data with the subject identifier data comprised in the digital wallets;   in case of positive result in the comparison, selecting the corresponding digital wallet.   
     
     
         5 - 6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . A method according to  claims 2 , further comprising after providing one or more digital wallets:
 receiving a request in which the subject requests to be authorized to access the first computer equipment, wherein the request includes either subject identifier data or a biometric mathematical representation of physical characteristics;   comparing the received subject identifier data with the corresponding subject identifier data comprised in the digital wallets or the biometric mathematical representation of physical characteristics with the corresponding first biometric mathematical representation comprised in the digital wallets;   in case of a positive result in the comparison, selecting the corresponding digital wallet.   
     
     
         8 . A method according to  claim 7 , further comprising
 receiving a data signal to identify the type of computer equipment adapted to manage the data;   querying the subject to validate, via a user interface, the computer equipment adapted to manage the data based on the received data signal;   in case of a positive result in the validation, selecting data related to the subject, from the selected digital wallet, based on the service provider associated to the computer equipment adapted to manage the data at which the subject is to be authorized to access.   
     
     
         9 - 10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . A computer program product comprising program instructions for causing a first computer equipment to perform a method according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         12 . A first computer equipment adapted to provide data to a computer equipment adapted to manage the data, comprising:
 means for providing one or more digital wallets, wherein each digital wallet comprises data related to a subject to be authorized to access the computer equipment adapted to manage the data;   means for selecting a digital wallet among the provided digital wallets;   means for selecting data related to the subject, from the selected digital wallet, based on a service provider associated to the computer equipment adapted to manage the data;   means for providing the selected data related to the subject to the computer equipment adapted to manage the data.   
     
     
         13 . A method for managing data provided by a first computer equipment, the method comprising:
 obtaining a biometric mathematical representation of physical characteristics of a subject which is to be authorized to access a computer equipment adapted to manage the data;   obtaining one or more first biometric mathematical representations of the subject;   comparing the obtained biometric mathematical representation of physical characteristics of the subject with the obtained first biometric mathematical representations;   in case of positive result in the comparison, selecting the corresponding first biometric mathematical representation, and   sending subject identifier data, associated to the selected first biometric mathematical representation of the subject, to the first computer equipment, wherein the subject identifier data is related to the subject which is to be authorized to access a computer equipment adapted to manage the message.   
     
     
         14 . A method according to  claim 13 , wherein obtaining the biometric mathematical representation of physical characteristics of the subject comprises:
 capturing one or more physical characteristics representative of the subject, each physical characteristic containing a biometric feature of the subject;   identifying the biometric feature in the captured physical characteristics; and   generating the biometric mathematical representation of physical characteristics of the subject representing the identified feature.   
     
     
         15 . A method according to  claim 13 , wherein obtaining the first biometric mathematical representations of the subject comprises:
 providing a machine-readable optical label based on a first biometric mathematical representations of the subject;   reading the machine-readable optical label to decode the first biometric mathematical representations of the subject.   
     
     
         16 . A method according to  claim 13 , the method further comprising:
 receiving data related to the subject from a digital wallet comprised in the first computer equipment;   authorizing the access of the subject to the computer equipment adapted to manage the data based on the received data.   
     
     
         17 . A method according to  claim 16 , wherein authorizing the access of the subject to the computer equipment adapted to manage the data based on the received data comprises:
 comparing the data related to the subject obtained from the digital wallet comprised in the first computer equipment with the same data related to the subject stored in a database;   in case of positive result of the comparison, authorizing the access of the subject to the computer equipment adapted to manage the message.   
     
     
         18 . A method according to  claim 14 , wherein capturing one or more physical characteristics comprises capturing one or more of an image, an audio, a video, a biological, or a chemical sample of the subject, specifically capturing an image comprises capturing an image with one or more of a portion of a face, of a palm, of a fingerprint, of an eye, of ears, of a nose, of teeth, of a tongue, of palm veins pattern, or of finger veins pattern, of the subject. 
     
     
         19 . A method according to  claim 13 , wherein the first biometric mathematical representations of the subject have been previously received by the computer equipment adapted to manage the data and/or the first biometric mathematical representations of the subject are stored in a database. 
     
     
         20 . A method according to  claim 13 , the method further comprising:
 deleting the obtained first biometric mathematical representations of the subject and/or the obtained data related to the subject.   
     
     
         21 . A method according to  claim 20 , wherein deleting the obtained first biometric mathematical representations of the subject and/or the obtained data related to the subject comprises:
 obtaining a first time from a timer;   obtaining a second time previously assigned to the data related to the subject or to the first biometric mathematical representations of the subject;   checking whether the first time is above the second time;   in case of positive result in the checking, deleting the corresponding first biometric mathematical representations of the subject and/or the corresponding data related to the subject.   
     
     
         22 . A method according to  claim 20 , wherein deleting the first biometric mathematical representations of the subject and/or the obtained data related to the subject further comprises:
 receiving a request, from the first computer equipment, for deleting the first vectors and/or the obtained data related to the subject.   
     
     
         23 . A computer equipment adapted to manage data provided by a first computer equipment, comprising:
 means for obtaining a biometric mathematical representation of physical characteristics of a subject which is to be authorized to access the computer equipment;   means for obtaining one or more first biometric mathematical representations of the subject;   means for comparing the obtained biometric mathematical representation of physical characteristics of the subject with the obtained first biometric mathematical representations;   in case of positive result in the comparison, selecting the corresponding first biometric mathematical representation, and   means for sending a subject identifier, associated to the selected first biometric mathematical representation of the subject, to the first computer equipment, wherein the subject identifier is related to the subject which is to be authorized to access a computer equipment adapted to manage the message.   
     
     
         24 . A computer program product comprising program instructions for causing a computer equipment adapted to manage data to perform a method according to  claim 13 .